Meeting Socrates at a Late Night Gas Station: the Way of the Peaceful Warrior (collector's Edition)
About This Novel
The author Dan Millman is a very good storyteller. In this semi-autobiographical novel, he vividly created three characters that are unforgettable at first glance. One represents the author himself, but also represents countless young minds who are confused about the world and long to understand the ultimate purpose of existence. The second is the old gas station worker who is absurd and interesting, but always speaks true words and has inspirations. He is also the author's nickname Socrates, who he regards as his guru; the third character is the eccentric elf's girlfriend Joy, who represents the author's lost half of his soul mate. Reading "Meeting Socrates at a Gas Station at Night" will give you a very pleasant experience. There is a feeling that someone is blessing your aura, your inner energy will become very high, and your mind will become very clear. Especially when Socrates, the gas station worker in the book, asks a unique rhetorical question, readers will follow the narrative, think together, and start a mysterious exploration of the mind and soul.
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Official(54)Scraped 22d ago
Meeting Socrates at a gas station late at night Because Li Xian knows Let's become excellent together
Just do it
There were a lot of doubts during the reading process. The author incorporated content similar to Zen and Buddhism into the story, involving meditation, vegetarianism, inedia, abstinence, and exercise. The intention is to express: Focus on the process and do your best, and let go of the results. Live in the moment, here and now, act, do it or die. Do your best to obey fate. I think excellent people have these qualities: recognize and accept themselves, focus, perseverance, action, full of strength, share, serve others, and then gain happiness. Happiness belongs to yourself, your heart already has everything. It is not necessary to understand the whole book thoroughly, but it is helpful to be able to understand one or two points. Habits you hope to develop after reading this: 1. Understand and accept yourself 2. Control your emotions and put aside your thoughts. Scholars observe their own brains: prepare a notebook and write down in it whether specific patterns appear when you face difficult situations. Write down your habits and think about them: Why do you do them? What did your brain tell you at that time? Are what it says true? By regularly reflecting on the specific patterns behind your behavior, you can gain a clearer understanding of how your brain affects you, and then find ways to curb your mind. 3. Maintain concentration and deliberately guide awareness and awareness. 4. Learn from life experiences instead of complaining or dwelling on them. 5. Eat healthily, work and rest regularly, and stay active. 6. Be bold. Whatever you do, don't hesitate. Make a choice and give it your all; it's better to do your best and make mistakes than to look forward and backward. 7. Take action, get moving. Action must be conscious, spontaneous, deliberate and complete. Go
There is a kind of reading in the world, which has different incarnations in different times. This kind of reading is an eternal need of mankind because it reflects the deepest exploration of the human soul - to find the meaning and purpose of living in this world.
good
I like it so much, keep living in the moment
After the events described in this book, I spent the next few years traveling around the world and penetrating into the most intimate corners of my heart and soul. I wanted to understand what I had learned, so I became a disciple of several masters and devoted myself to practice. During that time, my wife, Joyce, and I got married, started a family, and worked several jobs until I found my calling and learned lessons that were not available in college or in an ashram. This humbling lesson is found only in the school of daily life.
Happiness is not something you feel, happiness is you, who you are. "
A book that helps me understand why I still persist
I love this book so much, I read it over and over again
There is a kind of reading in the world, which has different incarnations in different times. This kind of reading is an eternal need of mankind because it reflects the deepest exploration of the human soul - to find the meaning and purpose of living in this world. The prototype of Socrates in the work is, of course, the sage Socrates from ancient Greece. This thinker who asked people questions everywhere in the Athenian market believed that the most important purpose of life was to "know oneself." "Know yourself" is the oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece, and on the other side of India, the life lesson proposed by Buddha Sakyamuni is also "self-awareness", and the enlightened one is the Buddha.
Worth watching again and again, I really recommend it
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Official(54)Scraped 22d ago
Meeting Socrates at a gas station late at night Because Li Xian knows Let's become excellent together
Just do it
There were a lot of doubts during the reading process. The author incorporated content similar to Zen and Buddhism into the story, involving meditation, vegetarianism, inedia, abstinence, and exercise. The intention is to express: Focus on the process and do your best, and let go of the results. Live in the moment, here and now, act, do it or die. Do your best to obey fate. I think excellent people have these qualities: recognize and accept themselves, focus, perseverance, action, full of strength, share, serve others, and then gain happiness. Happiness belongs to yourself, your heart already has everything. It is not necessary to understand the whole book thoroughly, but it is helpful to be able to understand one or two points. Habits you hope to develop after reading this: 1. Understand and accept yourself 2. Control your emotions and put aside your thoughts. Scholars observe their own brains: prepare a notebook and write down in it whether specific patterns appear when you face difficult situations. Write down your habits and think about them: Why do you do them? What did your brain tell you at that time? Are what it says true? By regularly reflecting on the specific patterns behind your behavior, you can gain a clearer understanding of how your brain affects you, and then find ways to curb your mind. 3. Maintain concentration and deliberately guide awareness and awareness. 4. Learn from life experiences instead of complaining or dwelling on them. 5. Eat healthily, work and rest regularly, and stay active. 6. Be bold. Whatever you do, don't hesitate. Make a choice and give it your all; it's better to do your best and make mistakes than to look forward and backward. 7. Take action, get moving. Action must be conscious, spontaneous, deliberate and complete. Go
There is a kind of reading in the world, which has different incarnations in different times. This kind of reading is an eternal need of mankind because it reflects the deepest exploration of the human soul - to find the meaning and purpose of living in this world.
good
I like it so much, keep living in the moment
After the events described in this book, I spent the next few years traveling around the world and penetrating into the most intimate corners of my heart and soul. I wanted to understand what I had learned, so I became a disciple of several masters and devoted myself to practice. During that time, my wife, Joyce, and I got married, started a family, and worked several jobs until I found my calling and learned lessons that were not available in college or in an ashram. This humbling lesson is found only in the school of daily life.
Happiness is not something you feel, happiness is you, who you are. "
A book that helps me understand why I still persist
I love this book so much, I read it over and over again
There is a kind of reading in the world, which has different incarnations in different times. This kind of reading is an eternal need of mankind because it reflects the deepest exploration of the human soul - to find the meaning and purpose of living in this world. The prototype of Socrates in the work is, of course, the sage Socrates from ancient Greece. This thinker who asked people questions everywhere in the Athenian market believed that the most important purpose of life was to "know oneself." "Know yourself" is the oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece, and on the other side of India, the life lesson proposed by Buddha Sakyamuni is also "self-awareness", and the enlightened one is the Buddha.
Worth watching again and again, I really recommend it
